— Architecture was developed during the Augustine Committee period — talked to Jeff Greason about what would be needed
— Aerocapture transport system that moves between LEO and L1 – another system that goes between L1 and near the moon — another system to take it back and forth to the moon…
— Takes twice as long to get to the moon — 6 days instead of 3 days for Apollo…
— Twenty five tons of cargo
— Put in place to use lunar propellant

— can be used for LEO debris removal or collection — can drag it down to lower orbit
— Russian policy is that debris in orbit should be reused — they own 72 percent of the mass of orbital debris
— could collect debris with electrodynamic tether…accumulate them in higher orbit and then recycling them…

High Delta V Slings/Tethers in LEO

— Tethers can make a huge difference in moving cargo in LEO, lunar orbit and around Mars…
— Tethers are heading in direction of being full reusable in a way that rockets cannot be…
— Rotating sling can send a lot of payload beyond LEO
— Rockets are like ships (large payloads, different routes) while slings and tethers are like railroads (set routes, repeated trips, smaller payloads)

Manned Artificial Gravity Research Facility in LEO

— Panama Canal was as much about mosquitoes as it was about Earth moving
— Success of space will be very reliant upon human impacts in reduced gravity…also plant biology in reduced gravity
— can people reproduce normally, stay healthy for years at a time, etc.
— 0.6 Gs may be an optimal reduced gravity condition for humans

Tether Experiment

— Soyuz spacecraft attached to second stage booster
— Similar test was done on a Gemini-Agena mission
— Might do a test with a SpaceX Dragon capsule and second stage

Q&A Session

Joe Carroll: Need to lessen ITAR export restrictions or there will be no U.S.-led international commercial space efforts — there will be projects led by foreign entities with U.S. as a customer